Preliminary assessment of the fourth payment request of Romania

Number and name of the Milestone: RO-C[C2]-I[5]-M[41] Approval of project design

Related Measure: RO-C[C2]-I[5] Integrated flood risk mitigation systems in forest river basins

Qualitative Indicator: Approval of project design

Time: Q1 2023

1. Context:

The objective of this investment is to reduce flood risk to protect people, infrastructure and socio- economic objectives in risk areas, as well as to protect the environment and biodiversity through environmental measures, in particular those relating to ensuring fish migration and ensuring ecological flow. The investment consists of modernisation works for flood protection.

Milestone 41 concerns the approval of the project design for the modernisation works for flood protection.

Milestone 41 is the first step of the implementation of the investment, and it will be followed by milestone 42, related to the construction of the modernisation works for flood protection.

2. Evidence provided:

                     Name of the evidence                                Short description
1       Cover note                                        Summary document duly justifying how the
                                                          target (including all the constitutive
                                                          elements) was satisfactorily fulfilled.
2       Copy of financing contract COD C2/I5 of 1         Signed contract between the Ministry of the
        September 2022.                                   Environment, Water Resources and Forestry
                                                          and the Romanian National Forest Authority
                                                          Romsilva for the task to carry out the
                                                          torrential correction project.
3       Endorsement report (aviz) () approving the        Endorsement report approving the design
        design for the sub-project “Correction of         for the sub-project, issued by the Technical
        torrents for the river basin Măieruș, Bacău       and Economic Committee for Opinion of

        County”.                                          Romsilva and dated 26 October 2020.
4       Endorsement report (aviz) approving the           Endorsement report approving the design
        design for the sub-project “Correction of         for the sub-project, issued by the Technical
        torrents for the river basin Grozea, stage III,   and Economic Committee for Opinion of
        Bacău County”.                                    Romsilva and dated 26 October 2020.
5       Endorsement report (aviz) approving the           Endorsement report approving the design
        design for the sub-project “Correction of         for the sub-project, issued by the Technical
        torrents for the river basin Izvorul Negru,       and Economic Committee for Opinion of
        stage II, Bacău County”.                          Romsilva and dated 24 November 2022.
6       Endorsement report (aviz) approving the           Endorsement report approving the design
        design for the sub-project “Correction of         for the sub-project, issued by the Technical
        torrents for the river basin Pârâul Negru,        and Economic Committee for Opinion of

        Bacău County”.                                    Romsilva and dated 24 November 2022.
7       Endorsement report (aviz) approving the           Endorsement report approving the design
        design for the sub-project “Correction of         for the sub-project, issued by the Technical
        torrents for the river basin and stabilization    and Economic Committee for Opinion of
        of the slope Strâmtura Scaune, pârâul             Romsilva and dated 24 November 2022.

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